take someone out back

English

Etymology

Referring to taking a person out of sight for punishment, e.g. a summary execution; or a pet out of sight for euthanasia.

Verb

take someone out back (third-person singular simple present takes someone out back, present participle taking someone out back, simple past took someone out back, past participle taken someone out back)

  1. (transitive, idiomatic) To get rid of; to eliminate.
    • 2022 March 4, Graig Graziosi, “Kremlin spokesman brands Lindsey Graham a drunk after senator calls for Putin’s assassination”, in The Independent‎[1], archived from the original on 6 April 2022:
      "I'm hoping someone in Russia will understand he is destroying Russia and you need to take this guy out back any means possible," he said.

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